Kevin Polk was thankful that his grandmother was home safe on Thanksgiving after a frightening encounter earlier in the week.

Polk’s grandmother, Margaret Bumgarner, has Alzheimer’s disease. He and his family do their best to care for her. But when Polk and his wife made a trip to the store Tuesday afternoon, the 88-year-old woman got into a sticky situation.

A man and a woman pulled up to the house in a work truck. The couple was selling meat and approached Bumgarner about buying some, according to Polk.

The man loaded Bumgarner into his truck and drove her to the bank, Polk said. A neighbor saw the interaction and called Polk.

Polk frantically raced home and called police. By the time the man returned with Bumgarner, police were waiting.

Bumgarner had withdrawn $400 from the bank but not handed the cash over.

The couple wasn’t charged for the interaction with Bumgarner.

Polk said police told him the man didn’t have a driver’s license, and the woman had multiple breaking and entering charges pending.

David Lance Cook was charged with probation violation and driving with a revoked license. The woman wasn’t arrested.